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Books like Odyssey One Universe: 9 series to read next

Odyssey One Universe is science fiction and space opera, set in space and far future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Odyssey One Universe is 9 books, 2012–2023.

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Known Space
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Old Man's War
Fifth Imperium
The Final Architecture
Nicholas Seafort
Starfire (Steve White and collaborators)
Vatta

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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Fifth ImperiumSeries

seriesDavid Weber3 books1991

About artificial intelligence.

“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mutineers' Moon →

The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

Science fiction and space opera, tense and adventurous in tone, about war and aliens, set in far future and space.

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue description of Shards of Earth
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shards of Earth →

Nicholas SeafortSeries

seriesDavid Feintuch7 books1994

“Additionally, Children of Hope is narrated by Randy Carr, the son of a close friend of Seafort.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Midshipman's Hope →

Starfire (Steve White and collaborators)Series

seriesSteve White, David Weber, Charles E. Gannon & Shirley Meier8 books1990

Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“The Starfire novels by Steve White and various co-authors, including David Weber, grew out of a tabletop wargame of the same name, following a long interstellar war between humanity and an insectile alien empire.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Insurrection →

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Science fiction and space opera, tense and adventurous in tone, set in far future and space.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after Odyssey One Universe?: Known Space — the closest match to Odyssey One Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Odyssey One Universe?: Odyssey One Universe is 9 books, 2012–2023.

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